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Regular 8mm films

  • The Lost World (1925, Feature)
  • Tempest (1928, Feature)
  • Hell's Hinges (1916, Feature)
  • The Return of Draw Egan (1916, Feature)
  • The Toll Gate (1920, Feature)
  • Knight of the Trail (1915, Short)
  • That’s My Wife (1929, Short)
  • Their Purple Moment (1928, Short)
  • You’re Darn Tootin’ (1928, Short)
  • The Immigrant (1917, Short)
  • Police (1916, Short)
  • Easy Street (1917, Short)
  • The Tramp (1915, Short)
  • Work (1915, Short)
  • Cops (1922, short)
  • Tol’able David (1921, Feature)
  • Metropolis (1927, Feature)
  • The White Outlaw [1925 or 1929]
  • Phantom of the Opera (1925, Feature)
  • The Son of the Sheik (1926, Feature)
  • A Harem Knight (1926, Short)
  • Reggie Mixes In (1916, Feature)
  • The Mystery of the Double Cross - Episode 1: "The Lady in Number 7" (1917, Serial Feature)
  • The Mystery of the Double Cross - Episode 2: "The Masked Stranger" (1917, Serial Feature)
  • The Mystery of the Double Cross – Episode 3: "One Hour To Live" (1917, Serial Feature)
  • The Mystery of the Double Cross – Episode 4: "Kidnapped" (1917, Serial Feature)
  • The Mystery of the Double Cross – Episode 5: "The Life Current" (1917, Serial Feature)
  • The Mystery of the Double Cross – Episode 6: "The Dead Come Back" (1917, Serial Feature)
  • The Adventures of Tarzan (1921, Serial Feature)

2009 acquisition

The collection consists of roughly 20,000 audio disc records, all in 78rpm format. The recordings span predominantly from 1917 to 1942, when the Musician’s strike took effect due to disagreements between musicians and recording companies over royalty payments. Starting July 31st 1942, union musicians could no longer record. This lasted roughly two years, with various recording companies settling with the union at varying points between 1943 and 1944. Healey deliberately collected records from before this important date in musical history. The records are largely Jazz recordings, representative of the first twenty-five years of Jazz music, with Blues, Ragtime, Dixieland, Dance Band music, entertainment personalities, Swing, and many other genres and sub-genres of the era represented within the collection. Healey started collecting 78s by the time he was ten years old, and by the time of his death in 2008, had amassed roughly 30,000 78s of this kind. Upon his death, many of the more valuable records were sold to collectors from around the world, and thus this collection contains about 20,000 from his original collection. The recordings from this collection were used by Jeff Healey for his first radio show on University of Toronto’s CUIT, and his show on CBC radio, My Kinda Jazz, which also aired on Toronto-based radio station, Jazz.FM91.

The majority of the records are from American record labels, though there are also a fair number from the Compo Company Ltd., based in Lachine, Quebec, and its various offshoots, and some other Canadian companies. There are also some records manufactured in England, France and even Germany, though all are by American recording artists, and often by American record labels with branches abroad.

Based on the period, the majority of the records are likely shellac, not vinyl, but exact materials likely vary by manufacturer. There are also a small number of “flexible” records made from Durium, a patented blend of paper and resin, manufactured during the depression era, as cheaper alternatives to the standard shellac records. The collection also includes a small number of Edison Discs, also referred to as “Diamond Discs”, which are recognized for their distinctive quarter-inch thickness. Most records are unique in the collection, but there are some duplicates.

Prior to his death, Healey began digitizing his collection of records to mp3 format, and inputting information via iTunes. These digital files have not yet been acquired.

APPENDIX A: A Non-exhaustive list of record Labels represented within the collection
 American Records (US)
 Ammor Record Corp (US)
 Apex Records (Canada)
 Arto
 Asch Recording (US)
 Banner records (US)
 Bell Records (US)
 Biltmore (US)
 Blue Ace Records (US)
 Blue Note (US)
 Bluebird (US)
 Broadway Records (US)
 Brunswick (US)
 Bullet (US)
 Cameo Record Corporation (US)
 Capitol (US)
 Cardinal (US)
 Challenge Records (US)
 Champion (US)
 Clarion (US)
 Claxtonola (US)
 Cleartone (US)
 Clover (US)
 Columbia Gramophone Company (UK)
 Columbia Records (US)
 Commodore (US)
 Conqueror (US)
 Coral (US)
 Cosmo (US)
 Crown (Canada)
 D&S
 Davis (US)
 Decatur
 Decca records (UK and US)
 Disque Gramphone (France)
 Diva Records (US)
 Dominion Records (UK)
 Domino records (US)
 Duophone (UK)
 Edison (US)
 Electric Perfect
 Emerson Phonograph Company (US)
 Famous (US)
 Federal (US)
 General (US)
 Gennett (US)
 Globe (US)
 Grey Gull (US)
 Guardsman Records (US)
 Harmony Records (US)
 His Masters Voice (UK)
 Hit of the Week (US)
 Hot Jazz Club of America (US)
 Imperial Records (UK)
 Jazz Man (US)
 Jewel Records (US)
 King (US)
 Liberty Music Shop (US)
 Lincoln Records (US) Lindstrom American Records (US)
 London (UK)
 Lucky (Japan)
 Lucky Strike (Canada)
 Lyric Records (US)
 Madison (US)
 Majestic (US)
 Master (US)
 May-fair (Owned by Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.)(UK)
 Medallion (US)
 Melotone(US)
 Mercury (US)
 MGM (US)
 Microphone (Canada)
 Montgomery Ward (US)
 Muse Phonograph Record (US)
 Musicraft (US)
 Nadsco (US)
 National Music Lover’s Inc. (US)
 Odeon(USA)
 Okeh records (US)
 Olympic (UK)
 Operaphone Co. Inc. (US)
 Oriole Records (US)
 Panachord (UK)
 Paramount (US)
 Parlophone (UK)
 Pathe Records (France)
 Pathe Actuelle (US)
 Perfect Records (US)
 Phantasie
 Philharmonic Records (UK)
 Phonola Company (Canada)
 Publix (US)
 Puritan records (US)
 Puretone (US)
 Qualiton (South Wales)
 Quality (Canada)
 Radiex Records (US)
 RCA Victor (US)
 Regal Records (UK)
 Resona (US)
 Rex (US)
 Rich-Tone (US)
 Romeo Records (US)
 Royal (Canada)
 Royale (US)
 Sacred (US)
 Signature (US)
 Silvertone (UK)
 Special Editions (US)
 Starr (and Starr-Gennett)(Canada)
 Sterling (Canada)
 Sun Record Company (Canada)
 Supertone (US)
 Swing (France)
 The Hit Record (US)
 Triangle records (US)
 Van Dyke (US)
 Variety (US)
 Varsity (US)
 Velvet Tone (US)
 Victor Recording Company (US)
 Victrola (US)
 Viking
 Vocalion Records (US and UK)
 Vocalion Records (US and UK)
 The Winner (US)
 World Record (US)

APPENDIX B: An non-exhaustive list of musicians well represented within the collection:
 Al Donahue
 Andrews Sisters
 Andy Kirk
 Art Gilham
 Art Kassel
 Art Tatum
 Artie Shaw
 Bailey’s Lucky Seven
 Ben Selvin
 Bennie Krueger
 Benny Goodman
 Bessie Smith
 Bing Crosby
 Bob Chester
 Bob Crosby
 Bunny Berigan
 Cab Calloway
 Charlie Barnet
 Check Webb
 Clarence Williams
 Coleman Hawkins
 Count Basie and his Kansas City Seven
 Count Basie and his Orchestra
 Dick Jurgens
 Dick Robertson
 Dixieland Swingers
 Duke Ellington
 Earl Hines
 Eddy Duchin
 Ella Fitzgerald
 Erskine Hawkins
 Fats Waller
 Fletcher Henderson
 Frankie Masters
 Freddy Martin
 Gene Krupa
 George Olsen
 Glen Gray
 Glenn Miller
 Gray Gordon
 Guy Lombardo
 Hal Kemp
 Harry James
 Harry James
 Henry Busse
 Henry King
 Horace Heidt
 Ipana Troubadours
 Jan Garber
 Jay McShann
 Jean Goldkette
 Jimmie Lunceford
 Jimmy Dorsey
 Joe Turner
 John Kirby
 Johnny Johnson
 Johnny Long
 Kay Kyser
 Larry Clinton
 Lena Horne
 Leo Reisman
 Lou Gold
 Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
 Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra
 Marion Harris
 Mills Brothers
 Milt Herth
 Mitchell Ayres
 Nat Shilkret
 New Orleans Rhythm Kings
 Nick LaRocca
 Ozzie Nelson
 Paul Ash
 Paul Whiteman
 Philip Spitalny
 Ray Miller
 Ray Noble
 Red Nichols
 Red Norvo
 Richard Himber
 Roy Eldridge
 Rudy Vallee
 Russ Morgan
 Russ Morgan
 Ruth Etting
 Sammy Kaye
 Shep Fields
 Sidney Bechet
 Ted Weems
 Teddy Powell
 Tempo Kings
 Tommy Dorsey
 Tommy Tucker
 Vincent Lopez
 Wayne King
 Will Bradley
 Will Osborne
 Wingie Mahone
 Woody Herman
 Xavier Cugat
 Yerkes Jazarimba Orchestra

Healey, Jeff

Audiodiscs

This series contains 7" discs which are the following:
Side A – radio program – “Der Feuhrer’s Face” by the Kadettes (CFCF), and “The Yeoman” sung by Peter Dawson (CFCF Montreal)
Side B – radio program – “”Weep No More” by the Army Air Corps (20 January 1943)

Side A – radio program – “Soldiers with Wings – Part 3” (CKAC Montreal), and “Tonton, Reveil pas la Maison” chante par Roland Bedard (CKAC Montreal) (23/24 January 1943)
Side B – radio program – “Toujours Derriere” chante par Roland Bedard (CKAC Montreal), and “Family House” chante par Roland Bedard (CKAC Montreal) (24 January 1943)

Side A - Speech by Madame Chiang Kai Shek (in Chicago) (22 March 1943)
Side B – Speech by Winston Churchill (radio speech, London) (21 March 1943)

Side A – radio program – “They Tell Me” (CFCF Montreal with Claire Wallace) – “Letters by the Thousands” (5 April 1943)
Side B – radio music - “Shipmates o’ Mine” sung by Kenneth Ellis (15 August 1943)

Side A – radio program – “What is Your Emotional Age? The Hoodoo Test” (12 November 1943)
Side B – radio program – Jack Benny (CBM Montreal) (21 November 1943)

Side A – radio program - Cosmopolitan Café (CFCF Montreal) with Hamilton Grant (15 January 1944)
Side B – radio program – Cosmopolitan Café (CFCF Montreal) – News with King Whyte (15 January 1944)

Side A – radio program – News of the Day (CFCF Montreal) (2 January 1944)
Side B – musical accompaniment for lantern slide show – “Summer Glory” (8 January 1944)

Side A – musical accompaniment for lantern slide show – “A Real Santa” (22 January 1944)
Side B – musical accompaniment for lantern slide show – “Coming Attractions” (22 January 1944)

Side A – radio program – News of the Day (CKAC Montreal ) – Invasion News Part 1 (French) (6 June 1944)
Side B – radio program – News of the Day (CKAC Montreal) – Invasion News Part 2 (French) (6 June 1944)

  1. Side A – radio program – “Invasion News” – General Montgomery (6 June 1944)
    Side B – radio program – “Invasion News – Elmhurst Newscast” (with Corey Thompson) (6 June 1944)

Side A – radio program – Gracie Fields singing “Bless Them All” and “Drink When You Are Ready” (CBM Montreal) (18 June 1944)
Side B – radio program – Gracie Fields singing “The Convoys Must Go Through” (CBM Montreal) (18 June 1944)

10" discs:
Side A – radio program – Fred Allen Part 1, and Charlie McCarthy Part 3 (26 April 1942)
Side B – radio program – Jack Benny Part 5, and Charlie McCarthy Part 1 (26 April 1942)

Side A – radio program – Fred Allen Part 1 (26 April 1942)
Side B – radio program – Charlie McCarty Part 2 (26 April 1942)

Side A – radio drama – Canadian Theatre of the Air “The Twins” Part 1 (CBM Montreal) (9 October 1942)
Side B – radio drama – Canadian Theatre of the Air “The Twins” Part 3 (CBM Montreal) (9 October 1942)

Side A – radio drama – Canadian Theatre of the Air “The Twins” Part 2 (CBM Montreal) (9 October 1942)
Side B – radio drama – Canadian Theatre of the Air “The Twins” Part 4 (CBM Montreal) (9 October 1942)

Side A – radio drama – “Murder of Lidice Part 1” (CBM Montreal) (19 October 1942)
Side B – radio drama – Charlie McCarthy Part 2 (11 October 1942)

Side A – radio drama – “Murder of Lidice Part 2” (CBM Montreal) (19 October 1942)
Side B – radio drama – “Murder of Lidice Part 4” (CBM Montreal) (19 October 1942)

Side A – radio drama – “Murder of Lidice" Part 3 (19 October 1942)
Side B – radio drama – “Murder of Lidice” Part 5 (19 October 1942)

Side A – radio documentary – News of the Moment with King Whyte (26 January 1943)
Side B – radio music – “Pres du Feu Qui Chante” chante par Lionel Parent, “C’Est le Valse” chante par Lucille Dumont, et “Le Premier Chateau” chante par Lionel Parent (CKAC Montreal) (27 January 1943)

Side A – radio drama – “The Russian Ensemble Part 1” (CFCF Montreal) (15 April 1943)
Side B – radio drama - “The Russian Ensemble Part 3” (CFCF Montreal) (15 April 1943)

Side A – radio drama – “Dwellers in Paradise – My True Story” Part 1 (CFCF Montreal) (29 April 1943)
Side B – radio drama – “The Russian Ensemble Part 5” (CFCF Montreal) (29 April 1943)

Side A – radio drama – “Dwellers in Paradise – My True Story” Part 2 (29 April 1943)
Side B – radio drama – “Dwellers in Paradise – My True Story” Part 4 (29 April 1943)

Side A – radio drama – “Dwellers in Paradise – My True Story” Part 3 (29 April 1943)
Side B – radio drama – “Dwellers in Paradise – My True Story” Part 5 (29 April 1943)

Side A – radio drama – “The Haunted House” Part 1 (9 May 1943)
Side B – radio drama – “The Haunted House” Part 2 (9 May 1943)

Side A – radio program – “The Russian Ensemble Part 5” (CFCF Montreal featuring Ivan Romanoff & His Orchestra) (20 May 1943)
Side B – radio music – “I’m a No Good Son of a Gun”, “An Olden Melody”, “An Honest Man of Him” sung by Texas Jim Robertson (CFCF Montreal) (20 May 1943)

Side A – radio program – Lux Radio Theatre “Hitler’s Children” Part 1 (24 May 1943)
Side B – radio program – Lux Radio Theatre “Hitler’s Children” Part 3 (24 May 1943)

Side A – radio program – Lux Radio Theatre “Hitler’s Children” Part 2 (24 May 1943)
Side B – radio program – Lux Radio Theatre “Hitler’s Children” Part 4 (24 May 1943)

Side A – radio program – Lux Radio Theatre “Hitler’s Children” Part 5 (24 May 1943)
Side B – radio program – Lux Radio Theatre “Hitler’s Children” Part 7 (24 May 1943)

Side A – radio program – Lux Radio Theatre “Hitler’s Children” Part 6 (24 May 1943)
Side B – radio program – Lux Radio Theatre “Hitler’s Children” Part 8 (24 May 1943)

Side A – radio program – Jack Benny (with guest Deanna Durbin Part 2) (CBM Montreal) (30 May 1943)
Side B – radio program – Jack Benny (with guest Deanna Durbin Part 4) (CBM Montreal) (30 May 1943)

Side A – radio program – Jack Benny Part 1 (16 April 1944)
Side B – radio program – Jack Benny Part 3 (16 April 1944)

Side A – radio program – Jack Benny Part 2 (16 April 1944)
Side B – radio program – Jack Benny Part 4 (16 April 1944)

Side A – radio program – Jack Benny Part 5 & Charlie McCarthy Part 1 (16 April 1944)
Side B – radio program – Charlie McCarthy Part 3 (16 April 1944)

Side A – radio program – Charlie McCarthy Part 2 (16 April 1944)
Side B – radio program – Charlie McCarthy Part 4 (16 April 1944)

Side A – radio drama – The Weird Circle “Trial For Murder” Part 1 (CFCF Montreal) (16 April 1944)
Side B – radio drama – The Weird Circle “Trial For Murder” Part 3 (CFCF Montreal) (16 April 1944)

Side A – radio drama – The Weird Circle “Trial For Murder” Part 2 (CFCF Montreal) (16 April 1944)
Side B – radio drama – The Weird Circle “Trial For Murder” Part 4 (CFCF Montreal) (16 April 1944)

Side A – radio drama – The Weird Circle “The Werewolf” Part 1 (CFCF Montreal) (23 April 1944)
Side B – radio drama – The Weird Circle “The Werewolf” Part 4 (CFCF Montreal) (23 April 1944)

Side A – radio drama – The Weird Circle “The Werewolf” Part 5, and song “Simon the Cellarer” sung by John Buckley (23 April 1944)
Side B – radio music – “Ould John Braddleum” sung by John Buckley, and News of the Day (24 April 1944)

Side A – radio program – Henry Aldrich Part 1 (CBM Montreal) (27 April 1944)
Side B – radio program – Henry Aldrich Part 3 (CBM Montreal) (27 April 1944)

Side A – radio program – Henry Aldrich Part 2 (CBM Montreal) (27 April 1944)
Side B – radio program – Henry Aldrich Part 4 (CBM Montreal) (27 April 1944)

Side A – radio program – Henry Aldrich Part 1 (CBM Montreal) (4 May 1944)
Side B – radio program – Henry Aldrich Part 3 (CBM Montreal) (4 May 1944)

Side A – radio program – Henry Aldrich Part 2 (CBM Montreal) (4 May 1944)
Side B – radio program – Henry Aldrich Part 4 (CBM Montreal) (4 May 1944)

Side A – radio program - “News of the Invasion Part 1” (CKAC Montreal) (6 June 1944)
Side B – radio program – “News of the Invasion Part 2” (CKAC Montreal) (with Quentin Reynolds) (6 June 1944)

2015 Accrual

Shimizu’s home movies document multiple stages of his life, and the lives of Japanese Canadians during and around WWII. Titles with dates before WWII document Shimizu’s life and events at the Church in Vancouver. They also capture daily life and vacations as Shimizu traveled south through the west coast of the United States, reaching Mexico. During the war, his films are some of the few moving image documents of the Japanese Canadian internment camps. He also filmed some of his talks and meetings he had with other Japanese Canadians when he traveled east for the CCJC. After the war, his films capture typical family life after relocating in Toronto.
The collection also includes six reels of cartoons and shorts for consumer viewing.

Titles:
Vancouver 1936-1937 (1936-1937, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Vancouver, Vancouver Island, Victoria (1937, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Royal Visit Vancouver (1939, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Family and Friends in Vancouver (Pre-War Days) ([1937 - 1940], 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Salem YPCC (n.d., 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Portland, San Francisco Meeting, Mexico (n.d., 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Kaslo, B.C. (n.d., 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Slocan and Sandon, B.C. (n.d., 1 reel B&W 8mm)
New Denver, B.C. (1944, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Toronto, Fort William, Regina, Kaslo ([1942], 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Story of Japanese Resettlement from B.C. to Ontario (1942-1950, 2 reels colour 8mm)
Japanese Camp (1942 – 1943, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Montreal, QC (1943 – 1944, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Toronto and [Suburbs] ([1950], 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Niagara, Beamsville, Toronto, ON (1944, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Simcoe Lake, Hamilton, Toronto, ON (1946, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Centre Island, Waterloo, Grimsby, ON (1946 – 1947, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Galt, Guelph, Chatham, London, Hamilton, ON ([1947], 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Upper Canada Village (1960, 1 reel colour 8mm)
Toronto, ON (1955, 1 reel colour 8mm)
Yano Wedding, and Toronto, ON ([1958], 1 reel colour 8mm)
Wedding Pictures ([1956], 1 reel colour 8mm)
Vancouver, BC ([1957], 1 reel B&W 8mm)
California Trip ([1946], 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Princeton, Philadelphia, New York (1947 -1952, 1 reel colour 8mm)
Leslie School, Cedar Spring ([1946], 1 reel colour 8mm)
Canada Tour (1952, 2 reels colour 8mm)
Canada Tour (1957, 1 reel colour 8mm)
Second WCC Assembly, Evanston (1954, 1 reel colour 8mm)
News Parade of 1945 (1945, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Sports Parade (1942, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Seeing NY, Knockdown and Drag Out, Bargain Day, Hyps the Hippo (1940, 1 reel tinted 8mm)
The Swim, A Hunting Party, Choose Your Weapons (n.d., 1 reel tinted 8mm)
Mickey in Hurdles and Hazards (n.d., 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Fire Fighter ([1937], 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Haunted House, Easy Street (n.d., 1 reel tinted 8mm)
Chimps Adventures ([1932], 1 reel tinted 8mm)
Holy Land (1940, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
Japan 1937 (1937, 2 reels, B&W and Colour 8mm)
ASAI Tour 1937 (1937, 1 reel B&W 8mm)
1955 World Tour (1955, 5 reels colour 8mm)
The Ghost Towns (1942-1945, 2 DVD-R discs)
Prewar Vancouver: The Japanese United Church, Its Members & Friends (1936-1940, 1 DVD-R disc)

Shimizu, Rev. Kosaburo

Sports Miniatures

Sub-series consists of materials related to a series of 26 five-minute short films on skiing, Sports Miniatures, produced by Gerald Kedey’s Motion Picture Centre and sold by KEG Productions. The series was KEG’s first television production. Dan Gibson filmed the series on skis. Features noted Canadian alpine skier Ernie McCulloch (1926-1987).

Titles in the sub-series include:
Mostly Experts
Magic of McCullough
Skiing In Orbit
The Slalom

Stephen Ellis

Ingmar Bergman Features

Sub-series consists of material related to Ingmar Bergman films distributed by Ralph and Stephen Ellis. Material is predominantly release prints on 16mm, likely struck for television distribution, in dubbed and subtitled versions. See item-level description for further details.

Titles in the sub-series include:
A Lesson In Love (1954)
All These Women (1964)
Brink of Life (1958)
Dreams (1955)
Port of Call (1948)
Sawdust and Tinsel = The Naked Night (1953)
Secrets of Women (1952)
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Summer Interlude = Illicit Interlude (1951)
Summer with Monika (1953)
The Devil’s Eye (1960)
The Magician (1958)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Silence (1963)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
Three Strange Loves = Thirst (1949)
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
To Joy (1950)
Torment (1944)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Winter Light (1963

Stephen Ellis

Associates

Photographs and textual material which include set lists, contracts, and financial documents.

Kenner, Roy

2015 acquisition

Canadian Talent Library (1962): The first set of music (10 disc LPs) published in 1962 by the Canadian Talent Library. The idea was created by radio managers at CFRB and CJAD so that Canadian artists could be easily accessible to radio stations. Other stations could purchase the set and be able to showcase Canadian talent using the high quality pressings. Though the set was expressly made for radio stations, select copies were given to notable Canadians. This copy, is noteworthy as it is embossed “Dr. Mabel G. Connell”.
The set includes LPs by Johnny Burt (solo), Howard Cable & His Orchestra, Vic Centro Sextet, Johnny Burt & His Orchestra, Rust Davis & His Orchestra, Bill Butler, Paul Grosney Group, Roger Pilon & His Orchestra, Alexander ‘Ragtime’ Read, and Howard Cable ‘Conducting’.

Canadian Adventure 1867-1967 (1967): Produced by J. Frank Willis and issued by the Ontario Teachers’ Federation. A one disc audio-drama depicting Canadian history. Track titles include “Confederation”, “Classroom Scene”, “Ernest Thompson Seton”, “Louis Riel”, “Almighty Voice”, “Edmonton Grads”, “Calixa Lavalee”, and “O Canada”. Voiced by Bruno Gerussi and Gordon Pinsent.

Hose, Ian

Music

  • This I Leave You: John Charles Thomas
  • Eroica: Symphony No. 3 in E flat, Op. 55 – Beethoven
  • The Glorious Sound of Wagner
  • Beethoven Symphony No. 5 & No. 4
  • Harry Belafonte

Commercial Studio LP’s

This series contains material relating to the following people:

  • Helen Baillargeon
  • Les Cailloux
  • Pierre Calve
  • Renee Claude
  • Jean-Pierre Ferland
  • Claud Gauthier
  • Pauline Julien
  • Felix Leclerc
  • Claude Leveille
  • Monique Leyrac
  • Rene Simard
  • Stephane Venne
  • Gilles Vigneault

Brazeau, Raymond

Feature Films

  • Monkey Business (1931)
  • A Child Is Waiting (1963)
  • 42nd Street (1933)
  • The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
  • Little Miss Marker (1934)
  • Look Who's Laughing (1941)
  • David Copperfield (1935)
  • A Day at the Races (1937)
  • W.C. Fields Temperance Lecture (1946)
  • Lost Horizon (1937)
  • Dawn Patrol (1932)
  • The Phantom President (1938)
  • Prince of Players (1955)
  • Babes in Arms (1939)
  • The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
  • Notorious Gentleman (1947)
  • The Maltese Falcon (1944)
  • The Human Comedy (1943)
  • In Which We Serve (1942)
  • For Me and My Gal (1942)
  • Edison: The Man (1940)
  • Strike Up the Band (1940)
  • Grapes of Wrath (1940)
  • Passage to Marseille (1944)
  • Red River (1948)
  • Petrified Forest (1936)
  • My Little Chickadee (1940)
  • How Green Was My Valley (1941)
  • Laura (1944)
  • My Darling Clementine (1946)
  • The Heiress (1949)
  • Wayne & Shuster Take An Affectionate Look At: The Marx Brothers (1965)
  • Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
  • Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
  • Julius Caesar (1953)
  • An Hour with Harry Belafonte & Julie Andrews (1969)
  • Road to Hong Kong (1961)
  • Road to Rio (1948)
  • The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
  • The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
  • Paths of Glory (1957)
  • I Could Go On Singing (1963)
  • The Clock (1945)
  • The Misfits (1961)
  • Brigadoon (1954)
  • The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
  • Man in the White Suit (1951)
  • The Green Pastures (1936)
  • The Wizard of Oz (1939)
  • Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
  • Inherit the Wind (1960)
  • The Great Charlie Chan (1968)
  • Zorba The Greek (1964)
  • Swing Time (1933)
  • Flying Down to Rio (1946)
  • Dragnet (1967)
  • Wayne & Shuster Take An Affectionate Look At…Jack Benny (1965)
  • The Long Voyage Home (1940)

¼” Audio Radio Programs

  • Fred Allen
  • Lum & Abner
  • Garry Moore
  • Rudy Vallee
  • Screen Guild Players
  • Lux Radio Theatre
  • Hollywood Star Time
  • Theatre Guild on the Air
  • Armed Forces Radio Theatre
  • Biography In Sound
  • Fibber McGee
  • Suspense
  • Hallmark Playhouse
  • Campbell Playhouse
  • Academy Award Program
  • Joe Penner
  • Jack Benny
  • Family Theatre
  • Stars Over Hollywood
  • Philip Morris Playhouse
  • Duffy's Tavern
  • Jack Benny
  • Hollywood Star Playhouse
  • Sealtest Village Store
  • The Croupier
  • Eleanor & Anna Roosevelt
  • The Fred Allen Show
  • The Jimmy Durante Show
  • Box 13: Starring Alan Ladd
  • Young Widder Brown
  • Philco Radio Hall of Fame
  • One Man's Family
  • The Story of Dr. Kildare
  • Vic & Sade
  • The Great Gildersleeve
  • Jack Armstrong: The All-American Boy
  • Superman
  • The Lone Ranger
  • The Shadow
  • The Green Hornet
  • Escape
  • Singin' Sam
  • Halls of Ivy
  • It Pays To Be Ignorant
  • News
  • Henry Morgan
  • Gang Busters
  • Kids Shows
  • Amos & Andy
  • Bing Crosby Chesterfield Show
  • Ma Perkins
  • Ethel & Albert
  • Those Websters
  • Goodrich's Silvertown Orchestra
  • Joe & Mabel
  • Goldbergs
  • Edward R. Murrow
  • Lord Halifax on India
  • Portia Faces Life
  • Blue Coal Minstrels
  • Log Cabin Inn
  • Clyde McCoy
  • Broadway Is My Beat
  • Our Miss Brooks
  • Magnificent Montague
  • Fireside Chat
  • Mr. District Attorney
  • John J. Anthony
  • Against the Storm
  • Charlie Chan
  • Will Rogers
  • Judy Canova Show
  • Road of Life
  • Ma Perkins
  • Camel Caravan
  • Bold Venture
  • Charlie McCarthy
  • Jack Parr
  • Just Plain Bill
  • Grand Central Station
  • The Mercury Theatre on the Air
  • Buck Rogers
  • Capt. Midnight
  • Sherlock Holmes
  • The Baby Snooks Show
  • Boston Blackie
  • Vic & Sade
  • Tom Mix
  • Corliss Archer
  • Let's Pretend
  • I Love A Mystery
  • First Nighter
  • Kay Kyser
  • Mr. & Mrs. North
  • Charlie Brown
  • British Romantic Poetry
  • The Adventures of Ellery Queen
  • Bulldog Drummond
  • The Bob Hope Show
  • Richard Diamond
  • Baby Snooks
  • Mayor of the Town
  • Aldrich Family
  • Our Miss Rogers
  • Pepper Young's Family
  • Chase & Sanborn
  • Fitch Bandwagon
  • Bob & Ray
  • Brighter Day
  • Can You Top This?
  • Our Gal Sunday
  • Kraft Music Hall
  • United States Steel Hour
  • The Beulah Show
  • Manhattan Merry-Go Round

Television Programs

  • The Judy Garland Show
  • The Perry Como Show
  • The Ed Sullivan Show
  • Laugh-In
  • Wayne & Shuster Take An Affectionate Look At…
  • Charlie Brown & Charles Shultz Special
  • Pogo Special Birthday Party

Audio Tapes

This series contains the following Audio Tapes:

Arts and Science Journal – interviews with Charles Oberdorff & Raoul Engel n.d. ¼ in. reel, 3-3/4 ips, (30 mins.) + audiocassete dub

Telescope (CBC) – interview with Buckminster Fuller, interview with Bill Galloway by Pierre Berton about NFB archive footage, ¼ in. reel, 3-3/4 ips, (26 mins.) + audiocassette dub + CD dub (1 January 1969)

Interview with George Patton by Alan Bulman – regarding activities and last days of Ontario Motion Picture Bureau, audiocassette, (? mins.) (25 February 1969)

Photographs

This series contains the following photographic elements:
8 x 10 in. Copy Negatives:
"The American Steam Packet Caroline Descending the Great Falls of Niagara after being set on fire by the British, Dec. 29, 1837” (1837)

“Check Gate – Belleville & Frankford Road, Rate of Tolls” (1856)

“Royal Proclamation – Uniting of the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick into One Dominion Under the Name of Canada” (London: G.E. Eyre & W. Spottiswoode) (1867)

“Hurrah For a Cheap Ride – Palmer’s Bus Line” (Toronto to Richmond Hill) (1876)

“Dominion Industrial Exhibition, Toronto, Sept. 5-17, 1887” (1887)

“The New Dominion Calendar 1889” (Montreal: John Dougall & Son Publishers) (1889)

“Toronto’s Grand Summer Carnival: 30 June, 1st, 2nd, 3rd July 1890” (1890)

“The Old Flag, the Old Policy, the Old Leader” (Sir John A. Macdonald’s re-election poster) (1891)

“Canadian Pacific: The Best Way to Your Own Farm in Canada” (London: Thomas & Sons Ltd. Printers) [1910]

“Notice to Emigrants – Canada – Demand for Labour in Canada” (A.C. Buchanan, Chief Agent, Quebec) (n.d.)

“Government House, Fredericton, N.B.” (n.d.)

“Western District Fairs Association – Grand Display of Military Horses (Petrolia, Watford, Alvinston, Forest, ON) (n.d.)

“Send More Men – Won’t You Answer the Call” (Toronto: Central Recruiting Committee) (n.d.)

“Buy More Victory Bonds” (n.d.)

“Remember Hong Kong! The Royal Rifles of Canada Will be Reconstituted One Hundred Per Cent. Follow their Glorious Example: Enlist Now” (n.d.)

  1. “If You Can’t Fight – You Can Pay” (Canadian Patriotic Fund) (n.d.)

  2. “Irish Canadians – Enlist in an Irish & Canadian Tradition” (199th Battalion C.E.F. Irish Canadian Rangers) (n.d.)

  3. “Buy More War Savings Certificates for Victory” (n.d.)

  4. “Every Girl Pulling for Victory. Girls United War Work Campaign” (n.d.)

  5. “Back Them Up! (London: Fosh & Cross Ltd.) (n.d.)

  6. “Allons – Y…Canadiens! (Service de L’Information, Ministere des Services Nationaux de Guerre) (n.d.)

  7. “Back Your Cheers with Your Money – Buy Peace Bonds” (n.d.)

  8. “Victory Bonds Will Help Stop This…Kultur vs. Humanity” (n.d.)

  9. “Bring Him Home…with the Victory Loan” (n.d.)

  10. “He Can Kill…Can You?” (n.d.)

  11. “Our Best Customer BUT…he needs credit! Buy Victory Bonds” (n.d.)

  12. “Men of Valor: They Fight For You” (n.d.)

  13. “Yours not to do and die – Yours but to go and Buy Victory Bonds” (1918)

35 mm. negatives/contact sheets:

  1. Graphic Consultants Ltd. Open House, Toronto, 21 November 1969 (28 – 2-1/4 x 2-1/4 b&w negatives, 1 – 8x10 in. contact sheet, 15 – 8x10 in. prints) (1969)

  2. Graphic Consultants Ltd. Disposes of Its 28 mm. Film Restoration Project (59 – 2-1/4 x 2-1/4 in. b&w negatives, 12 – 8x10 in. prints) (Summer 1972)

  3. Graphic Consultants Ltd. – Optical Film Printer 28 mm. to 35 mm. (Wet gate) (5 – 35 mm. b&w negatives, 1 – 8x10 in. b&w contact print, 14 – 8x10 in. prints) [1970]

  4. Graphic Consultants Ltd. – frame captures from 18 sequences of Ontario Motion Picture Bureau 28 mm. films (19 – 8x10 in. b&w prints) [1917-1920]

  5. Graphic Consultants Inc. – frame captures from film “Making Automobile Tires” by Ontario Motion Picture Bureau (12 – 8x10 in. b&w prints) (1925)

  6. “Image Areas of 16 mm., 35 mm.” (2 strips 35 mm. b&w negative, 4 strips of 16 mm. b&w negative, textual technical data) (1967)

Prints:

  1. Pierre Berton, Bill Galloway & Alan Bulman on television set (4x5 in. b&w print) (1969)

  2. Pierre Berton, Bill Galloway & Alan Bulman on television set (4x5 in. b&w print) (1969)

  3. Display Booth by Graphic Consultants (8 x 10 in. b&w print) (n.d.)

  4. Victor 28 mm. projector (8 x 10 in. b&w print) (n.d.)

  5. Cans of 28 mm. film with 1927 catalogue Province of Ontario Pictures (8 x 10 in. b&w print) [1969]

  6. 7 shots of film reels from Crawley Studio sitting on shelves in Ontario Place (3-1/2 x 3-1/2 in. b&w prints) (n.d.)

Bush

Press clipping and promotional material for the band. Includes one 12” record.

Kenner, Roy

Cinefilm

This series contains the following cinefilms:
Detective and Hypnotist – 16 mm., b&w silent, 150 ft. (n.d.)

Newsreel – “Lest We Forget” (Selected World War I footage) – 35 mm b&w positive, silent, 950 ft. (1914-1918)

Newsreel – Selected Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry footage – 35 mm b&w negative, silent, 175 ft.(1914-1919)

  • Memorial structure
  • Woman’s profile
  • Troop ships in a harbour

Newsreel – Depression-Era footage – 35 mm., b&w negative silent, 150 ft. (1930-1939)

  • Red Cross Relief
  • Flop-House
  • Parcels, Clothes, and Shoes

Newsreel Mute #1 – 16 mm., b&w silent, 400 ft. (1919-1924)

  • Prince of Wales visiting Canada, 1919
  • Car Painting, 1924
  • Police Van
  • Seaplane
  • Strike at Toronto
  • Chinese Market
  • McKenzie King at Mont Tremblant
  • Buffalo herds
  • Destroying Lathes
  • Log-sleigh road grading
  • Lumberjacks dancing
  • Car and tire manufacturing, 1924
  • Curtis Jenny seaplane

Newsreel Mute #2 – 16 mm., b&w silent, 400 ft. (1904-1921)

  • Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls
  • Fire Brigade (1904 Toronto fire?)
  • Ice Boat
  • Governor General Lord Byng, 1921
  • Soldiers Marching (WWI)
  • Lady Cyclists
  • Racing cars
  • Royal Parade, London
  • Royal Durbar, Delhi (King George V), 1910
  • Plowing Match [Brantford, 1917]

Newsreel #7 – “Farewell to Yesterday” – 35 mm. b&w positive, opt. sound, 850 ft. (n.d.)

Newsreel #8 – 35 mm., b&w positive, opt. sound, 650 ft. (1930s)

  • Opening of Trans-Canada Highway
  • Point Racing
  • Kurusuku in Berlin
  • Hitler & Mussolini in Brenner
  • Gian Ciano (Italian Foreign Minister) & King Victor Emmanuel in Rome
  • General Motors Oshawa Strike, April 1937
  • Chinese Crowd Running from Japanese Soldiers

Newsreel “Fox #9” – 35 mm. b&w duplicate negative, 509 ft. (1930s)

  • Winston Churchill and Gen. Montgomery
  • Mussolini & Hitler
  • Matsuoka Visits Berlin
  • Formation of Home Guard
  • Mussolini & Hitler Brenner Pass
  • Hitler/Mussolini/King & King Victor Emmanuel in Rome

Newsreel #10 – “Farewell to Yesterday” – 35 mm. b&w positive, opt. sound, 1200 ft. (n.d.)

Newsreel Footage “15 Selected Takes” - 35 mm. b&w positive, opt. sound, 450 ft. (1933-1945)

  • Kurusuku Visits Berlin
  • Mussolini Reviews Troops
  • Hitler Meets Mussolini at Armoured Train
  • ? giving a Speech
  • Nazi Riots
  • Hitler and Mussolini Inspect Guard
  • Mussolini Inspects African Guard
  • “Burning of the Books” - Goebbels Giving Speech at Night Rally, 10 May 1933
  • Japanese Infantry Charge
  • Mussolini Inspects Guard
  • Women Read V-E Day Newspapers, 8 May 1945
  • “Burning of the Books” – Close-up of Goebbels, 10 May 1933
  • Antisemitic Campaign 1933
  • Hitler giving Speech
  • Hitler Dancing

Newsreel Footage – 35 mm. b&w workprint, 450 ft. (1930s-1940s)

  • Building Lancaster bombers in Malton
  • Dutch settlers at Arsnoveld
  • Grey Cup Hi-jinks, Toronto
  • Hitler/Kurusu, Ciano, Ribbentrop
  • Wasaga air strip

Newsreel Footage – 35 mm. b&w workprint, 200 ft. (1930s)

  • German troops, WW2

Newsreel Clip - “Bleriot’s Channel Flight” - 35 mm. b&w negative, silent, 50 ft. (25 July 1909)

“Explosions – Historical Footage” - 35 mm. b&w workprint, 450 ft. (n.d.)

Newsreel Clips – “Hitler-Mussolini-Hirohito – Rallies/Manoeuvres/Reviews Sherman Grindberg/Pathe, 35 mm, b&w workprint, 500 ft. (1920-1940)

“The Construction of a Concrete Highway” (Government of Ontario – Department of Public Highways) – 16 mm., b&w silent, 242 ft. (1917)

  • shows the building of a portion of the Toronto to Hamilton Highway where it passes through Oakville, official opening of highway

Fox Newsreel - “Canada News” – 16 mm. b&w positive, silent, 700ft. (n.d.)

  • Two way conversation from a speeding train

Newsreel Items – 35 mm. b&w silent, 1500 ft. (1917-1968)

  • 1917 Royal Navy Seaplane Trials
  • 1919 Royal Navy Seaplane Trials
  • 1968 Historic Air Review

“Riots in Hungary and Paris” – 35 mm. b&w positive, silent, 450 ft. (n.d.)

“Operating a 28 mm. Printer” – 16 mm. b&w silent, approx. 100 ft. (ca. 1970)

Recorded Sound Effects – 35 mm. magnetic soundtrack, 600 ft. (1930s)

  • Heil Hitler
  • Bells – Street Cars
  • Automobile horns
  • Crowds

Adventures in Rainbow County

Sub-series consists of material related to the television program Adventures in Rainbow County. The series premiered on the CBC on September 20, 1970 and ran for 26 episodes. Starring Lois Maxwell, the program largely followed the adventures in Northern Ontario of her son Billy Williams (Stephen Cotter) and his Ojibway friend Pete Gawa (Buckley Petawabano). Filmed on-location in Whitefish Falls and on Birch Island, the series was produced by Manitou Productions in association with CBC and ABC Australia, with William Davidson as producer and Ralph C. Ellis as Executive Producer. The program filled a niche of “high-quality children’s programming” for domestic and international audiences.

Titles in the sub-series include:
La Chute
The Tower
The Frank Williams File
Skydiver
The Kid from Spanish Harlem
Panic in the Bush
Long Tough Race
The Town That Died
Eye of the Needle
Girl on a Tightrope
The Return of Eli Rocque
Roar of the Hornet
Lac du Diable
The Muskies Are Losing Their Teeth
Milk Run
Wall of Silence
Where the Rice Grows
The Birdwatchers
The Boy Who Loved Animals
Mystery at Whaleback Bay
Night Caller
Lake on Blue Mountain
Stolen Tugboat
The Hermit
Pursuit Along the Aux Sables
Dreamer's Rock

Stephen Ellis

Mud

Audiotape with RK, Tessie Calderone, Will Smith, Jorge Calderone. Goose Creek, San Fernando Valley.

2016 acquisition

A collection representing film, television, and radio from across many eras in each media. With a focus on the Golden Age of Radio and the American film industry’s early years if the 1930’s and 1940’s the collection captures what early mass entertainment looked like. This acquisition is divided into seven series:
Series 01: SUPER 8MM films
Series 02: Regular 8MM films
Series 03: 1/4" Audio Radio Programs
Series 04: Television Programs
Series 05: Feature Films
Series 06: Textual Material
Series 07: Music

SUPER 8mm films

  • Mysterious Dr. Satan - Episode 1: "Return of the Copperhead" (1940, Serial feature)
  • The Great Chase
  • The Cabinet of Dr. Calagari (1920, Feature)
  • National Hockey League Highlights 1972 (1972, Short)
  • When Comedy Was King (1960, Documentary)

Distribution Features

Sub-series consists of material related to various films distributed by Ralph and Stephen Ellis. Material is predominantly release prints on 16mm, likely struck for television distribution, in dubbed and subtitled versions. See item-level description for further details.

Titles in the sub-series include:
All Risks = This Is Lloyds (1961, Eric Fillilore, UK)
Black Orpheus (1959, Marcel Camus, Brazil, France, Italy)
Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937, Louis King, USA)
Chimes at Midnight (1966, Orson Welles, Spain, Switzerland)
Colette (1972, Édouard Berne, France)
Fires on the Plain (1959, Kon Ichikawa, Japan)
Gate of Hell (1953, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Japan)
Golem = Le Golem = The Man of Stone (1936, Julien Duvivier, Czechoslovakia)
Jules and Jim (1962, François Truffaut, France)
L’Avventura (1960, Michelangelo Antonioni, Italy)
M (1931, Fritz Lang, Germany)
Marcel Proust (1972, Édouard Berne, France)
Miss Julie (1951, Alf Sjöberg, Sweden)
My Home Is Copacabana (1965, Arne Sucksdorff, Sweden)
Rashomon (1950, Akira Kurosawa, Japan)
Salt of the Earth (1954, Herbert Biberman, USA)
The 400 Blows (1959, François Truffaut, France)
The Plough and the Stars (1937, John Ford, USA)
The Stranger Left No Card (1952, Wendy Toye, UK)
Three Cases of Murder (1955, David Eady, George More O'Ferrall, Wendy Toye, UK)
Ugetsu (1953, Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan)
Witchcraft Through the Ages = Häxan (1968, Benjamin Christensen, Sweden)

Stephen Ellis

Dan Gibson’s Nature Family

Sub-series consists of material related to Dan Gibson’s Nature Family, a documentary produced for the CBC. It won Best Wildlife Film at the 1972 Canadian Film Awards. The same story was the basis of the 1977 theatrical film Wings of the Wilderness.

Stephen Ellis

Audubon Wildlife Theatre

Audubon Wildlife Theatre was produced in partnership with the National Audubon Society of the United States and the Canadian Audubon Society. Airing on CBC from 1968 to 1974, the series of 78 half-hour episodes was produced by Gerald S. Kedey and Dan Gibson. Ralph C. Ellis was the Executive Producer. The premiere episode, Land of the Loon, won the 1967 Canadian Film Award for Best Television Film. Narrated by Bert Devitt.

Episodes include:

Season 1 (1968-69):
Land of the Loon (Dan Gibson)
The Vanishing Sea (Robert Davison)
From the Mountains to the Sea (Wilf Gray)
River of Grass (Robert Hermes)
Wildlife Island (Dan Gibson)
Sea, Ice and Fire (Olin Sewall Pettingill)
They Live By The Water (Jack Carey)
Land of the Sea (Robert Hermes)
Scandinavian Saga (P.B. Johnson)
Wildlife Sanctuaries of India (Jack Carey)
Between the Tides (Robert Hermes)
Adventure High Arctic = The Lure of the Arctic (Edgar Jones)
Venezuelan Prairie (Robert Hermes)
These Things are Ours (Mary J. Dockeray and Walter Berlet)
Alberta Outdoors (Edgar Jones)
Nature’s Ways (William J. Jahoda)
Kenya and Uganda (Edgar Jones)
New England Saga (John D. Bulger)
The Living Wilderness (Walter Berlet)
Land of the Drowned River (Charles Stine)
Delta of the Orinoco (Violet E. Hermes)
Red Deer Valley (Edgar Jones)
Northwest to Alaska (Walter Bertlet)
The World of Bees (Jack Carey)
Waterfowl Wilderness (Dan Gibson)
Hawaii (Walter and Myrna Berlet)
Queen of the Cascades (Ty Hotchkiss)
This England (Chess Lyons)
Promise of Spring (Wilf Gray)
Down South Up the Nile (Bristol Foster)
Wildlands - Our Heritage (Dan Gibson)
Wildlife by Air (Herman Kitchen)
Living Jungle (Violet E. Hermes)
Where Eagles Swim (David Hancock)
Return to Pelican Island (Robert Davidson)
Soliloquy of a River (Robert Davidson)
Wildfowl Sanctuary (William H. Carrack)
A Day In The Desert (Chester Lyons)
Untamed Olympics (Walter Berlet)

Season 2 (1971):
Land of Oriskany
Spring Marsh (Walter Berlet)
Mexico, Land of Contrast (Chester Lyons)
Insect World (Walter Berlet)
Living Mountains = Nature’s Skyscrapers (Walter Berlet)
Beaver Pond (J.E. Swedenberg, C. Scott)
Costa Rica (Jack Carey)
Enduring Wilderness (Chess Lyons)
Sounds of Nature
Awareness for Tomorrow
River Run (Robert Davison)
The Coral World of Bermuda (William J. Jahoda)
Small World (Fran Hall)
Mule Deer Country (Robert Davison)
Around the Bay (George Regensburg)
World of Ants and Aphids (Fran Hall)
Africa’s Curious Naturalists (Bristol Foster)
The Rattlesnake King (J.E. Swedenberg, C. Scott)
High Country (Chess Lyons)
Color It Living (Don Gray)
Land of the Totem Pole (Bristol Foster)
Africa, Cornerstone for Survival (Bristol Foster)

Season 3 (1972):
Kangaroos and Koalas (Harold J. Pollock)
Wapiti (Walter Berlet)
Lands of Two Oceans
Water Birds of Australia (Harold J. Pollock)
Land of Igloolik
Lobster Country (William J. Jahoda)
Micronesia (W. Lukas)
Quebec Spring (Walter Berlet)
West Side Journey (Walter Berlet)
New England Wilderness (J.E. Swedenberg, C. Scott)
Quebec-Iran Adventure (Karl Himmer)
Reptiles - A Misunderstood Species (Norman Lightfoot)
Wanderings of a Naturalist (Gerald Pollock)
A Family in the Wilderness (Ulrich Ganz)
Nesting Time in Southern Ontario (John Bax)
Coyote Country (Robert Davison)
Bermuda: Land and Sea (William J. Jahoda)

In the 1990s, the series was re-released as Wildlife Theatre. At this time, 18 episodes were removed from circulation: A Day In The Desert, Africa, Cornerstone for Survival, Africa’s Curious Naturalists, Alberta Outdoors, Coyote Country, Down South Up the Nile, From the Mountains to the Sea, Kangaroos and Koalas, Kenya and Uganda, Promise of Spring, Quebec-Iran Adventure, Return to Pelican Island, River Run, Scandinavian Saga, Sounds of Nature, Wildfowl Sanctuary, Wildlife Island, and Wildlife Sanctuaries of India.

Stephen Ellis

Series 5: A Great Tree Has Fallen (1973)

A Great Tree Has Fallen is a documentary about the traditional 8-day funeral ceremonies and “enstoolment” of the king of the Ashanti people in Ghana – the Asantehene. Narrated by the writer and art historian Roy Sieber, and is the first film Robert Lang made. Series includes 1 distribution copy and promo sheet.

The Robert Lang Fonds (2018.016), also held by the Media Commons Archives contains A+B rolls for A Great Tree Has Fallen, 2 ¾ in. U-matic copies of the film, and 16mm prints of the short film Elmina, which was shot during the filming of A Great Tree Has Fallen.

Lang, Robert

James Gang

Photographic prints and audio recordings of and from the band.

Wildlife Cinema

Sub-series contains material related to Wildlife Cinema. A spin-off to Wildlife Theatre, the program ran from 1974-1975 on Global Television. Produced by KEG Productions in association with CFCN-TV Calgary and Global Television. Ralph C. Ellis was the executive producer. Narrated by Ron Grimster.

Sub-series includes audio-visual promotional materials and materials related to the following episodes:

Sea Lions of Valdes
Off Seasons
Penguins of Patagonia
400 Mile Nature Hike
Cormorants of Argentina
Ecology for the Family
Short Grass Prairie
Yellowstone
Footloose in Newfoundland
Land of the Albatross
Long Point Sanctuary
Anhinga Country
Galapagos Sea Bird Haven
A Day in the Glades
Animals in Armour
Giants of Alcedo
Backyard Safari
Brigantine Refuge
Twentieth Century Wilderness
Fernandina Legendary Isle
Land of the Outback
Eastside Journey
Guatemala
Kodiak Country
The Caretakers
Glaciers and Geysers

(No material for episodes: Birds That Never Fly or Down Under Wildlife).

Stephen Ellis

Ralph Ellis Estate

Series contains material related to the following titles:
An Evening With The Royal Ballet (1963, Anthony Havelock-Allan, Anthony Asquith, UK)
Cry of the Wild (1972, Bill Mason, Canada)

Series includes the following Sub-Series:
01.01: To The Wild Country

Stephen Ellis

To The Wild Country

Sub-series contains material related to To The Wild Country. The program premiered on the CBC on November 19, 1972 and ran to 1975. The series followed naturalists John and Janet Foster (both of whom provided cinematography) as they examined different wilderness regions in Canada, with an emphasis on the National Parks system. Sponsored by Canada Trust, the series of 10 one-hour episodes was produced by Gerald S. Kedey and Dan Gibson and was hosted and narrated by Lorne Greene. Ralph C. Ellis was the Executive Producer. Episodes had an audience of up to 2.5 million viewers. Return of the Giants won “Best Wildlife Film of the Year” at the 1973 Canadian Film Awards. Land of the Big Ice won best “Nature and Wildlife” film at the (cancelled) 1974 Canadian Film Awards. Original episode synopses from KEG Productions are available electronically.

Sub-series includes the following titles:
Kluane
Return of the Giants
The Other Newfoundland
A Wild Lens in Algonquin
Winter - A Way of Life
The Wild Pacific Shore
Land of the Big Ice
The Great Canadian Southwest
The Great Gulf - The St. Lawrence
Wild Corners of the Great Lakes

Stephen Ellis

Delphia

Audio recordings of unreleased R&B project with Garry Peterson from the Guess Who.

Kenner, Roy

Laurence Olivier Presents: The Best Play of the Year 19--

Sub-series consists of material related to Laurence Olivier Presents: The Best Play of the Year 19--, a British television series produced by Granada Television presenting televised theatre (1976-1978).

Plays in the series include:
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (1976, Robert Moore)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1977, Silvio Narizzano)

Stephen Ellis

Law

Textual material, photographic prints, and audio material relating to the band. Demos, tour itinerary, and press clippings are included.

Stellis Media Inc.

Series contains materials related to Wings In The Wilderness (1975). 90-minute feature. Directed by Robert Ryan. Executive Producer Ralph C. Ellis. Narrated by Lorne Greene. Winner of Best Sound Recording in a Non-theatrical Film at the 1975 Canadian Film Awards. Original synopsis from Ellis Enterprises is available electronically. The same story was used previously as the basis for the 1971 CBC television special Dan Gibson’s Nature Family.

Series includes the following Sub-Series:
02.01 Audubon Wildlife Theatre
02.02 Wildlife Cinema
02.03 Ecology

Stephen Ellis

Matt & Jenny

Sub-series consists of materials related to the television program Matt & Jenny (French title Les routes de l'amitié). The series premiered on Global on October 21, 1979 and ran for 26 half-hour episodes. Starring Derrick Jones, Megan Follows, Neil Dainard, and Duncan Regehr, the program followed two orphan children from Bristol traveling across Canada in 1850 searching for their uncle. Guest stars include: Sharon Acker, Michael Ansara, Henry Beckman, Victor Buono, Chief Dan George, Peter Graves, Noel Harrison, John Ireland, Dina Merrill, Cameron Mitchell, Barry Morse, Nehemiah Persoff, Julie Sommars, Linda Thorson, Richard Todd, Chris Wiggins, and Kennan Wynn. Matt and Jenny was produced by Manitou Productions in association with Polytel Films and the Global Television Network. William Davison was the producer, and Ralph C. Ellis was the executive producer. Episode directors include Joseph Scanlan, Rene Bonniere, Francis Chapman, and William Davidson. Sub-series includes sound elements, title elements, and promotional materials (including a “making of” featurette).

Sub-series includes the following titles:
Search for a New Home
Thunder & Lightning Birds
The Bellinis
The Long Return
Whirlwind Voice
Test for the Tanners
A Call to Arms
Devil's Gorge
The Mast
Fiddle Joe & the Devil Himself
The School Teacher
Barnabas Bletcher
Wolf Howl at Kennebec Cliff
Ceremony at Whispering Pines
Wilderness Photographer
Sport of Kings
Skiba the Bear
Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (Part 1)
Harry Alfred Teasdale Rides Again (Part 2)
Frontier Justice
A Woman's Place
The Actress
Mystery of the Pikes
The Highlanders
Wagon Train West
The Ghost of Pocomoonshine Swamp

Stephen Ellis

Fishing In Northern Ontario

Sub-series consists of material related to Fishing In Northern Ontario, a sponsored film produced by KEG Productions for the Government of Ontario.

Stephen Ellis

Tales of the Unexpected

Sub-series consists of episodes of the television series Tales of the Unexpected (1979-1988, UK).

Titles in the sub-series include:
Fat Chance (1980, John Gorrie)
Back For Christmas (1980, Giles Foster)
The Best of Everything (1981, John Bruce)
Never Speak Ill of the Dead (1981, John Gorrie)

Stephen Ellis

Wild Canada

Wild Canada (French title Images du Canada) premiered on the CBC on November 26, 1979. Running for eleven one-hour episodes and one 90-minute special, the program followed John and Janet Foster (of To The Wild Country) to different wilderness regions in Canada. Wild Canada was produced by Manitou Productions, in association with the CBC, by producers Ralph C. Ellis and Dan Gibson. Sub-series includes audio elements and promotional materials.

Sub-series includes the following titles:
Nahanni
Exploring Ontario
The Giant Tides of Fundy
Enchanted Islands
Sable and the South Shore
Athabasca Country
Winter Wilderness
Land of the Caribou
North to Labrador
Quebec, La Belle Province
Alberta’s Southern Rockies
North to the Top of the World

Stephen Ellis

Series 4: Kanan (1982)

Series includes two original negative reels on 16mm for an Indian film labelled “Kanan (Kanan Jani)” and produced by Sudhakar. The title does not appear to correspond to any released films, and may be a working title.

Thin Ice / Survival

Sub-series consists of material related to Thin Ice / Survival, a sponsored film produced by KEG Productions for the Government of Ontario.

Stephen Ellis

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